Mitt will be ready Monday, grilling on Libya

11:58 PM,
Oct. 19, 2012

Written by

Charles
KRAUT-

Fight night at Hofstra. The two boxers, confined within a ring of spectators - circling, feinting, taunting, staring each other down - come several times, by my reckoning, no more than one provocation away from actual fisticuffs, of the kind that on occasion so delightfully break out in the Taiwanese parliament.

Think of it: The Secret Service storming the ring, pinning Mitt Romney to the canvas as Candy Crowley administers the 10 count.

The actual outcome was somewhat more pedestrian. President Obama gained a narrow victory on points, as borne out by several flash polls. The margin was ...